It is an expensive solution.

On a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive, I rate the pricing an eight.

The licensing is based on a yearly basis, but we buy for a minimum of three years. We need to pay for the license and support.

The price of the solution is too high. If they lowered the price substantially it would open up more opportunities. It's considered a replacement for the old 9000 boxes of HP. If it had a lower price, we would be able to compete in the financial, and other sectors and other solutions such as Terraform. Having a high price makes other solutions more attractive.

If you compare this solution to Intel-based servers it is more expensive.

The support of the solution is expensive.

I rate the price of HPE NonStop a nine out of ten.

It would be helpful if they brought the price down.

The pricing depends on individual companies. We like to buy five years upfront and then we deal with annual maintenance afterward. We don't budget it per year.

HPE NonStop is definitely on the higher end.

I would strongly suggest that when they buy it, they should always attempt to buy multi-year support on it. HP tends to give more discounts when you buy multi-years versus just buying it for one year and then renewing it the next year.

The support is definitely worth it for these types of solutions.

The NonStop system is well priced, but the software that runs on it is quite pricey. Maybe HPE should deal with all the software vendors directly and negotiate more customer friendly pricing. Depending upon where you are in the world and what currency you use, this can really become an issue.

Pricing and licensing costs used to be quite expensive. However the total cost of ownership for NonStop is now lower than other platforms. This assumes that you are comparing platforms with the same txn rates, capacity and performance.

If you have a high transaction volumes, it can be justified. If your transaction volumes are ordinary, this may be way too much machine for your needs. Think five million retail transactions monthly, as an example.

HPE NonStop is expensive now. However, with a new solution of HPE NonStop on Xeon Processors and vNonStop, I am sure that the cost will come down drastically.

NonStop systems are expensive so make sure you really need them.

I would recommend you to perform very firm price negotiations. Also, get the best price point and buy-in from C-level execs ASAP.